18.12.2018 21:23

18.12.2018 21:23

17.12.2018 09:00

You have two major packages in Emacs for incremental completion, like
when you are typing a M-x command or looking for a file. They are Helm
and Ivy/Counsel.

I started out using Helm, but the last 2-3 months I have been a Ivy
user.

Helm is older, than Ivy. And it is this large monolith. There are some
good and bad sides to that. The bad side is that it takes longer to load
than Ivy, but you do not need to do much with it once you install and
enable it. It work more or less like you expect it to. I don’t think I
had a lot config with my Helm setup.

Ivy on the other hand is a lot lighter. It was the first thing I noticed
when I started to use it. Emacs loaded faster, all the Ivy interfaces
were noticable snappier. But you will spend some time configuring to be
like you want it to be.

Your needs may be different. But I would give Ivy a shot, if you think
helm feels a little bit slow.

17.12.2018 09:00

A little bit of history. The Pilot G2 0.7 was the pen that got me into
better pens. And when that happened I soon figured out two things: I
don’t like scratchy, and I like a thick solid line much better than a
thin one. And I never questioned this much as I moved into fountain
pens. And I still like thicker lines better than thin ones. I still like
wet pens better than dry ones. And I still like a not scratchy nib
better than a scratchy.

I have a Kaweco pen with a medium nib that feels a lot finer than most
of the medium nibs I have used before.

Let me be perfectly clear, it is not what I prefer, but it is not bad.
And there are some stuff I like about it. For example how I have a lot
more control over my writing because a finer nib will naturally be more
scratchy.